The Asia Cup gets underway in Sri Lanka on July 16. India get into the action on the opening day itself, against UAE in a group B day-nighter in Dambulla. Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly, however, is back in ‘action’. At the Eden on Monday he arrived in the afternoon, not disturbing the P. Sen Trophy quarter final between Tapan Memorial and CAB President’s XI, and jogged around the perimeter fence. It was his first workout after the tour of Pakistan, which ended just over a month ago. Sourav did stretching exercises and kept to a light schedule before climbing back in his car to leave an hour later. With him was his friend, cricketer Jaideep Mukherjee.
CAB President’s XI and Tollygunge Agragami have moved into the semi-finals of the P. Sen Trophy. In their quarter final matches, President’s XI whipped Tapan Memorial by ten wickets, while Tollygunge beat Combined Universities by 106 runs.
In the semi-finals President’s XI await the winners of the East Bengal-George Telegraph match in Kalyani and Tollygunge will take on the winners of the Mohun Bagan-Sporting Union tie at the Eden. Both these matches will be held on Tuesday.
SUMMARISED SCORES
Tapan Memorial 101 (Tirtha Roy 24; Anirban Chatterjee 3/33, Sabir Ali 2/24). CAB President’s XI 105/0 (Md Ziauddin 57 n.o., Anushtup Majumdar 35 n.o.). President’s XI won by 10 wkts.
Tollygunge Agragami 259/9 (Avishek Jhunjhunwala 74, Charanjit Singh 51, Sanjib Goel 35; Deep Chatterjee 3/37). Combined Universities 153 (Murtaza Lodhgar 3/8, Avishek Jhunjhunwala 3/30). Tollygunge won by 106 runs.
Bournvita CA beat Belgachia CA by eight wickets to win the Pulak Biswas Memorial Trophy (95 points) in Uttarpara. Tuhin Seal of Bournvita, who scored an unbeaten 70, was Man of the Match. Sudip Bhatter was Best Bowler, while Abir Lal Banerjee was Man of the Series. Both are from Bournvita.
Brief scores: Belgachia CA 143/7. Bournvita CA 145/2 (Tuhin Seal 70 n.o.). Bournvita won by 8 wkts.
Vijay Sports Club beat Howrah Sammilani by 48 runs in their Calcutta Cup match at Vivekananda Park. Replying to Vijay Sports’ 164, Howrah Sammilani folded up for 116.
Brief scores: Vijay Sports 164 (Amalendu Dutta 3/27). Howrah Sammilani 116 (Soumya Tapadar 3/17). Vijay Sports won by 48 runs.
Ten teams will take part in the third K.K. Dutta Memorial age-group waterpolo meet at Calcutta Sports Association from Tuesday. The teams have been placed in four groups for the tournament to be held in a league-cum-knockout basis. The final is on May 23.
CRICKET: P. Sen Trophy quarter final —Mohun Bagan vs Sporting Union from 9.30 am at the Eden.
FOOTBALL: The Telegraph Merchants’ Cup — VGP Portfolio vs The Telegraph, HCL vs Rediffusion, CA-TCG Software vs Panchwati, Lloyd Insulation vs PriceWaterhouseCoopers (all matches from 7 pm). ABN Amro vs Berger Paints, Hutch vs Citi Financial, Apeejay Surrendra vs Jet Airways, BOC India vs O&M (7.30 pm). Space Circle vs J.Thomas, IMRB vs Tata, TCS A vs Sri Badrinarain, Indal A vs Tata Steel (8 pm). ITC B vs IBM, Hyatt Regency vs Reliance Infocom, The Park vs Derek O’Brien & Assoc., Om Kotak Mahindra vs EURO RSCG (8.30 pm). l IFA women’s league: Jubak Sangha vs Bidyut Sporting (R. Sarovar), 3.30pm.
WATERPOLO: K.K. Dutta Memorial age-group meet at Calcutta Sports Association — KSC vs SSA, CSC vs PYMA — matches from 3.30pm.
